Senior CPU Design Engineer

We are looking for a Senior CPU Design Engineer! NVIDIA is seeking best-in-class CPU Design Engineers to design the world’s leading CPUs. This position offers you the opportunity to have a real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company, designing for product lines ranging from consumer graphics to self-driving cars and the growing field of artificial intelligence.

The NVIDIA CPU team is looking for inquisitive, motivated engineers with design experience to build ground-breaking CPUs. As a senior member of our design team, you will be responsible for the micro-architecture, design and implementation of high-performance, low power CPU s . You will work closely with fellow design engineers, architects, verification engineers, and physical design engineers to accomplish your tasks.

• Drive the micro-architecture definition, feasibility studies and documentation of CPU sub-systems.
• Implement in RTL and coordinate execution with the verification team to ensure that the design is functional.
• Exercise logic design skills to optimize and meet performance, timing and power targets.
• Deliver a synthesis/timing clean design while working with the physical design team ensuring a routable and physically implementable design.
• Support hardware engineering activities including chip floor plan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly, timing closure, power and noise analysis, and back-end verification.
• Develop flows and tools as necessary in support of design activities.

• BS or MS in electrical engineering or computer engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of proven experience in micro-architecture and RTL development of complex, high speed designs, ideally in CPU subsystems.
• Exposure to Computer Architecture and Digital Systems design.
• Highly proficient in logic design, Verilog and/or System Verilog, with a deep understanding of physical design and VLSI.
• Strengths in scripting languages such as Perl, Python.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.